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Online briefing: 22 Sept 2025, 10-11:00 UK Competition deadline: 3 Nov 2025, 11:00 am UK Resource efficiency for resilience and sustainability: Feasibility Studies is an open competition for UK registered organisations to apply for a share of up to £1.1 million for feasibility studies in novel, sustainable, low carbon materials …
Closing date: 23 Oct 2025 16:00 UK EPSRC is calling for grant applications to conduct research in nature-based engineering, defined in EPSRC’s Tomorrow’s Engineering Research Challenges report as developing systems and technologies inspired by nature. Teams must include two or more researchers from different areas and at least one early …
Deadline: Tues 23 Sept 2025 BBSRC has launched a new Engineering Biology ICURe Discover programme with Innovate UK Business Connect and The Helix Way. This is a part-time online market exploration programme for bioscience researchers and technicians in the field of Engineering Biology, with up to £2,500 support for market …
This scheme is for Bilateral Joint Projects supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and its UK Counterpart Funding Institution, the Royal Society. JSPS will cover the costs of the Japan team, and the Royal Society covers the UK team’s costs. The UK team leader must …
The Royal Society’s Industry Fellowship scheme is open to UK-based academic and industrial researchers from early to senior career stages. The scheme aims to: Support the mobility of excellent researchers between the two sectors in the UK across the natural sciences Enable the Industry Fellow to develop and establish collaborative …
Deadline: 17:00 on 30 October 2025 (or earlier if all funds are allocated) The ELEMENTAL Hub’s Business Interaction Voucher (BIV) scheme is now open for applications to support innovative collaborations between industry and academics in the field of engineering biology for environmental processing of metals. BIVs are funded through BBSRC’s …
The National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) and BBSRC are discussing the idea of running a biofilm-focused ICURe Discover programme to start in autumn this year. BBSRC ICURe Discover is a part-time online market discovery programme designed to support researchers and technicians in exploring the potential market to commercialise their biofilm …
The Supergen Bioenergy Hub has issued a call for Business Interaction Voucher (BIV) proposals. The call invites new academic and industrial collaborations to explore specific activities within the scope of the Hub. The aim is to extend the existing portfolio of work that accelerates sustainable UK bioenergy and bioproduct development. …
Opens: 02 June 2025 Closes: 09 July 2025 Engineering Biology SPARK Awards will fund UK academic institutions or Research & Technology Organisations (RTOs) to deliver an engineering biology project that addresses a challenge posed by a UK-registered Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME), or enhances the SME’s progress towards developing new products, …
Key deadlines: Application to ICGEB for financial assistance 18 June 2025 Abstracts 13 July 2025 Registration 8 October 2025 Conference date: 28-30 October 2025 Trieste, Italy Arturo Falaschi Conference on Cell-cell communication in bacteria: new insights and future trends This recurring conference on cell-cell communication in bacteria brings together leading …
Deadline: 15 June 2025 Location: University of Liverpool This PhD project brings together expertise in nanoscale surface science and local scale electrochemistry, cell-surface interaction probes, microbiology and imaging across physical and biological sciences to study the electrochemical process that occurs both at the local site and single cell level and …
Deadline: 8 July 2025 The Royal Society has opened its 3rd Call for International Collaboration Awards, for emerging research leaders in the UK and Japan. Researchers can apply to the Royal Society for funds of up to £225,000 for 3 years. The call aims to support joint development of sustainable and …
Closing date: 20 June 2025 Total funding available: £200k Maximum award for one project: £100k Supergen Bioenery is inviting new entrants to the Energy Networks Community from UK Higher Education Institutions (UKHEIs) for innovative projects that explore novel applications of mathematics, data science, and artificial intelligence within the context of …
Application Deadline: 29th August 2025 to JSPS Tokyo via a host institution in Japan. Two types of funding are now available to carry out research in Japan, for short-term stays of 14 – 60 days or longer-term stays of 2 – 10 months. These fellowships must be started between 1 …
Applications are now being invited for the Processes 2025 Travel Award. This prize provides financial support to attend an international conference in the field of chemistry, biochemistry, biology, materials, or related process/systems engineering research to be held in 2026, in order to make a presentation, present a poster, or both. …
